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Thai HIV response faces setback
Oped, Published on 21/02/2023
» Thailand was a model for how a country should respond to the HIV epidemic. Whenever there was an HIV innovation -- whether it be a drug or a behavioural approach -- Thailand would be one of the first countries to adopt it. This began with the 100% Condom Programme in the early 1990s and continued all the way to 2016, when WHO declared that Thailand was the first country in Asia to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, an impressive feat many countries are still hard-pressed to mimic. Thailand became one of the first middle-income countries in 2014 to embrace pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by supporting community-based organisations (CBOs) to test key populations, such as men who have sex with men and transgendered individuals, for HIV and provide this critical drug to them.
'Food is a weapon': Fight over Yemen granary tests truce
AFP, Published on 28/01/2019
» HODEIDA (YEMEN) - Gunshots reverberate through a battle-scarred granary in the port city of Hodeida, where a mountain of grain meant for starving Yemenis remains inaccessible as a hard-won ceasefire comes under strain.
'Food is a weapon': Fight over Yemen granary tests truce
AFP, Published on 28/01/2019
» HODEIDA (YEMEN) - Gunshots reverberate through a battle-scarred granary in the port city of Hodeida, where a mountain of grain meant for starving Yemenis remains inaccessible as a hard-won ceasefire comes under strain.
Durant steers Warriors past Spurs, Sixers advance
AFP, Published on 25/04/2018
» OAKLAND (UNITED STATES) - Kevin Durant scored 25 points as the Golden State Warriors powered into the Western Conference playoff semi-finals with a 4-1 series victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday.
Indian pirates
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 26/10/2017
» Pirates have been around as long as people travelled and traded by sea. A young Julius Caesar was among their prey two millennia ago. The fledgling US Navy pulverised those on the Barbary Coast two centuries ago. Still the pirates persevere -- from the Somali variety to those in the Pacific.
Bulls send Spurs to first road loss of season
AFP, Published on 09/12/2016
» CHICAGO - The San Antonio Spurs suffered their first road loss of the season, as the Chicago Bulls led wire-to-wire en route to a 95-91 victory that snapped a three-game skid.
Warriors stretch NBA win streak to eight by routing Pacers
AFP, Published on 22/11/2016
» WASHINGTON - Klay Thompson scored 25 points and Stephen Curry added 22 as the Golden State Warriors won their eighth consecutive game, routing Indiana 120-83 Monday to complete a four-game road sweep.
Spurs fend off Grizzlies to keep pace with Warriors
AFP, Published on 26/03/2016
» LOS ANGELES - The shorthanded San Antonio Spurs fended off the Memphis Grizzlies with a 110-94 win to tie the Chicago Bulls for best home start in NBA history.
Spurs stretch home win streak with Warriors up next
AFP, Published on 18/03/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge each scored 22 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat Portland 118-110 Thursday, boosting their home record this season to 34-0 and stretching their overall NBA home win streak to 43 games.
Warriors notch NBA milestone as Cavs, Spurs upset
AFP, Published on 08/03/2016
» LOS ANGELES - The Golden State Warriors notched another milestone win in a season full of them as the teams reckoned most likely to challenge their NBA dominance -- Cleveland and San Antonio -- endured upset defeats.